{"id":18936,"date":"2021-05-26T17:18:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T21:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18936"},"modified":"2021-05-26T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T21:18:07","slug":"san-jose-shooting-eight-killed-in-california-rail-yard-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/san-jose-shooting-eight-killed-in-california-rail-yard-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose shooting: Eight killed in California rail yard shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A gunman has killed eight people at a commuter train yard in California.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The shooting took place at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) rail yard in San Jose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Officials say the victims include multiple transit employees. The suspect, an employee, is also dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The shooting broke out around 06:45 local time (14:45GMT).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Officials say the suspect may have set his home on fire before the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Across the US, there have been 230 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. A mass shooting is defined by the group as a crime in which four or more people are fatally shot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What do we know about the shooting?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Early on Wednesday, the gunman opened fire in the VTA light rail yard. According to a local CBS station, shots broke out during an employee meeting for rail workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police officers arrived at the scene while the shooting was ongoing, officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Our teams showed exemplary behaviour – what they’re trained to do – as shots were still being fired,” said Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith at a press conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nine people, including the suspect, are dead. US media report that the gunman died by suicide, but police have not confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Law enforcement officials told CBS News, the BBC’s partner in the US, that the gunman is 57-year-old Samuel Cassidy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Deputy Russell Davis, a spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department, said “deputies did not exchange gunfire” with the suspect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Preliminarily, we’re going to go with the assumption it was a self inflicted gunshot.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Just before the shooting, a fire broke out at a home belonging to the Santa Clara VTA employee, according to local media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Authorities say they are looking into whether the suspect may have set his home on fire before embarking on the rampage, but they have not confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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San Jose Fire spokeswoman Erica Ray said that officials are investigating “multiple” crime scenes related to the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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